February 09, 2023
Recent changes in NY tax law and local laws paved the way for several towns to modify existing or adopt additional real estate transfer tax. Purchasers in the east end of Suffolk County are familiar with the supplemental 2% real estate ...
February 12, 2021
As many of you already know, the federal government, through the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") and the CARES Act, issued moratoriums of mortgage foreclosures and evictions for non-payment of rent. On December 17, 2020, HUD ...
February 01, 2021
The right to be informed of a civil lawsuit against you is enshrined in the United States Constitution's due process clause, which states that "no person can be deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law." This ...
July 24, 2018
The number of U.S. properties with foreclosure filings, default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions dropped during the first six months of 2018, according to a report from ATTOM Data Solutions. According to ATTOM’s Midyear 2018 U.S. Foreclosure Market Report, there were 362,275 properties ...
December 21, 2015
Several aspects of civil litigation have been changed by amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (Rules) as of December 1st, 2015. They affect service of process, default judgments, discovery (including electronically stored information), and pleading requirements for patent ...
December 11, 2015
The demand for public record searches has skyrocketed in the last year, and that trend is likely to continue in 2016. According to keyword analytics, there were an average of 250,000 Google searches for public records every month in 2015. ...
December 04, 2015
Time is money—ever heard that mantra before? Small adjustments on high-volume tasks can have a profound effect on overall productivity and efficiency. In our years of experience working as middlemen between the courts and New York City attorneys, we’ve come ...
November 23, 2015
Federal Tax Liens can be a major roadblock to getting a mortgage, but they don’t have to be detrimental to your financial aspirations. In most cases, you’ll want to get professional help to wipe your credit clean, but it’s possible ...
November 16, 2015
Every state has different rules and regulations regarding the timeframe by which a lender must take foreclosure action or lose its right to foreclose. As backlogs of delinquent loans are a common occurrence for lenders, it can take months or ...
November 10, 2015
In an interesting case originating out of Washington, D.C., a court has legitimized the use text of messages by process servers. This new method apparently arose from a particular defendant’s constant use of texting technology—in this case, to harass the ...
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